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right 右
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右
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| right hand side
migi, U, YŪ
右
口
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Left: hand ナ/ヨ (Shows a hand ナ with the forearm at the right and three fingers to the left.), right: mouth 口
The hand for the mouth (= you eat with) is the: right.
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若
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| young, inexperienced, if
wakai, moshi, JAKU
若
艹
右
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Top: plant 艹, bottom: right 右 (This hand ナ/ feeds the mouth 口.) For the mnemnic think to the character "hard 固": Things 囗 (like: herbs, vegetables, meat) with age 古 get hard 固 - Here however we have the opposite:
The plant 艹 that is put by hand ナ into the mouth 口 is: young.
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諾
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| consent, agree, assent
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Left: word 言, right: young 若 (The plant 艹 that is taken by hand into the mouth 口 is young) [.. because old 古 things 囗 are too hard 固 for me]
(The youth is our future:) To the words of the youth can be agreed.
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匿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| conceal, hide, shelter
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Outside: box 匚, inside: young 若 (The plant 艹 that is taken by hand into the mouth 口 is young) [.. because old 古 things 囗 are too hard 固 for me]
In the box a 'young' is concealing.
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